Pouring device



June 13, 1950 s. CLARE 2511 429 POURING DEVICE Filed July 27, 1948INVENTOR.

jAML/EL CLA RE ATTORNEY Patented June 13, 1950 POURING DEVICES'amuelClare, Maplewood, N. J., assignor to Claremould Plastics Company,Newark, N. J.,

a corporation Application July 27, 1948, Serial No. 40,900

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to pourers.

Broadly, it is an object of the invention to provide a pourerparticularly adapted for liquor bottles in order to permit the pourer toeasily dispense a desired amount of liquor in a glass providing a moreuniform flow of liquor in not too large a stream so that the pourer canmore readily control the amount desired to be poured.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bottle stopper of a,flexible plastic which will safely seal the neck of a bottle and at thesame time will not rot or deteriorate with age as will a cork.

A further object of the invention is to provide a, square, hexagonal,octagonal or other form having angles in the nature of a channeldepending from the base of the pourer to prevent the bottle stopperportion from revolving and to maintain the same relationship to thepourer so that the air holes in the bottle stopper portion and thepourer will be properly alined.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pourer which can beinexpensively and rapidly formed at the same time making a durable andlong lasting device superior to well known bottle stoppers now on themarket formed of cork in association with pourers of other materials,such as plastic, metal and like materials.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of this invention,reference is had to the following detailed description in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a view taken through line 22 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a, rear view.

Fig. 4 is a view taken through line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is an isometric projection view of the bottle stopper portion.

Referring to the drawings, numeral l0 represents a pourer comprising anupper portion ll, preferably made of a plastic material and a bottlestopper portion l2, preferably made of a flexible plastic such aspolyethylene, which is seated in the base l3 of the upper portion II aswill be hereinafter described.

The upper portion II is comprised of the base l3 which has a, flange l4and a channel Ill between the bottom wall I6 and the flange I4. Theupper portion also has a neck I! and a substantially flat hollow upperstructure [8 and a spout l9 leading into the upper structure l8, as willbe further described. The upper structure IB has a pouring chamber 20and an air chamber 2|. Both chambers are divided by a wall 22, the

bottom portion of which is vertical and the upper portion diagonal. Asmall Opening 23 in the wall 22 permits air to communicate between thepouring chamber 20 and the air chamber 2|. An opening 24 is alsoprovided in the back wall of the upper structure 18 which providesatmospheric pressure for the air chamber 2|. The spout I9 communicateswith the pouring chamber 20. A hingeable lid or cover 25 is provided inthe upper portion of the spout which pivots upon a fin 26 so that whenthe pourer is in upright position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, thecover 25 closes the spout l9. However, when the pourer is tilted towardthe horizontal position, the cover 25 automatically pivots to a verticalposition, so that it does not cover the spout l9 and permits the liquorto flow through the spout IS.

The upper portion 1 l is made of two cooperating halves splitlongitudinally. Tits 21 and 2B are provided to cooperate with smallholes on the opposite edge in order to properly aline the two halveswhen they are sealed together with an adhesive. 1

The bottle stopper portion I2 is preferably made of a flexible plastic,such as polyethylene, and comprises a round, slightly tapered lowerportion 29 to permit it to be seated and wedged into the neck of abottle, the flexibility of the material providing firm and resilientgrasp, so that when the bottle is tilted for pouring, the pourer willnot become dislodged from the bottle and only manual force will seat itand remove it from the neck of the bottle. The upper portion 30 of thebottle stopper i2 can be made substantially square, as shown in Fig. 5,or the upper portion 3| can be made octagonal, as shown in Fig. 4. Infact, any polygon can be used in order to prevent rotation of the bottlestopper portion l2 with relation to the upper portion ll. Of course thechannel I5 is made in the form of a square or octagon or other shape toconform to the shape of the upper portion of the bottle stopper. Thebottle stopper I 2 comprises a large pouring opening 32 and a smalleropening or air channel 33, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. In like manner thebottle stopper portion shown in Fig. 5 has a pouring opening 32' and anair channel 33'. The air opening 33 is alined with an opening 34 in thebottom wall l6 and the pouring opening 32 is alined with a largeropening 35 in the bottom wall It. In like manner, if the bottle stopperportion shown in Fig. 4 is used in place of the one shown in Fig. 5,pouring opening 32' is alined with opening 35 while air channel 33' isalined with opening 34. In Fig. 5 opening 32 and the channel 33 aredivided by a vertical wall 36, while the opening 32' and the channel 33of the bottle stopper shown in Fig. 4 is divided by a vertical wall 36.

In operation, with the pourer in the neck of a bottle of liquor, as thebottle is tilted to a horizontal position, the liquor passes 'frorn thebottle through the pouring opening 32 or-the bottle stopper l2, throughthe opening 35 and flows into the pouring chamber 2E and thence throughthe spout l9. Atmospheric pressure is provided through the openings 25and the air chamber 2| through the openings wrandithrough'the airchannel 33 so that the flow of liquorwill not-beprevented due todifferences in pressure between the outside atmosphere and the-pressurewithin the bottle.

While the pourer has been primarily designed for the pouring of liquor,it is obvious that the power can. be 'use'dwfor otherw products-,-suchas olive oil, syrups; fla vors, Worcestershire sauce, salad dressings;and like liquids. :It is alsowithin the realm of 'lD'hiSEIlVeIIti'On topermit the pouring -of fine granular substances, suchas sugar, salt andother products-of iikei ungible nature.

It is further obviousthat various charges and modifications maybe ma'deinthe details of constructionand the arrangements of parts withoutdeparting frmmthe' generalispirit of the invention.

I claim:

1; A 'pourer comprising (22,11 upper portion: and a lowerfibottlestopper-portion; said upper portion havin a base, a pouring: chamber, an:air chamber, apouring spout communicating with said pouring chamber anda bottom wall' for said upper portion; anair hole'in'said air chainb'erleading to 'the outside atmosphere, an o'peningbetween said airchamber-hand said pouring chamber, alarge opening in said bottom wall,communicating-with -said-:-,poin ing chamb'en a smaller opening in saidbottom wall communieating with said air chamber, a 'portiondependingfrom'said bottom wall, saiddepending portion comprising awiiange and achannelbetween said'fiange 'and"-said bottom W311,"S2;id bottle stopperportion comprising ai-lower portion and tion having a base, a pouringchamber, an air chamber, a pouring spout communicating with said pouringchamber, a lid for said pouring spout, ab'ottom wall 'for said upperportion, an

air-"hole -in-said air'chamber leading to the outside atmosphere, anopening between said air chamberiand said pouring chamber, a largeopening in said bottom wall communicating with'said'pouring chamber, asmaller opening in said bottom wall communicating with said air chamber,a portion: depending "ironrsaid bottom wally said' de'pending portioncomprising awflahge and. a channel" between :said'flange and said bot--tOm :wall, sai'd :bottle stopper portion comprising a lower taperingcircular portion 'of resilient plastic material andr-aasubstantiallysquare upper portion:said'fsubstantially square upper portion I'irmly"seated?withirrrsaid":channel, a pouring openingi inz' saidbottle-stopper"portion communi'c'a'tirr with rsaid? zl ar'ge opening in said bot tomwall and said pouring chamber and an air channel in" said iloottle"stopper portion cornmunicating with said smaller opening in said bottomwallv and said iair "chamber.

, CLARE.

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